> On May 23, 2022, at 3:00 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote:
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>
> On 5/23/22 11:49 AM, Aaron Wendel wrote:
>> The Fiber Broadband Association estimates that the average US household will
>> need more than a gig within 5 years. Why not just jump it to a gig or more?
>
>
> Really? What is the average household doing to use up a gig worth of
> bandwidth?
>
> Mike
Thats almost the same question we were asked at BT a dozen years ago when
moving from DSL -> FTTC when someone said, “but surely DSL is sufficient
because its so much faster than dial.”
—Tom
>
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>> On 5/23/2022 1:40 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
>>>
>>> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0
>>>
>>>
>>> The Federal Communications Commission voted [May 19, 2022] to seek comment
>>> on a proposal to provide additional universal service support to certain
>>> rural carriers in exchange for increasing deployment to more locations at
>>> higher speeds. The proposal would make changes to the Alternative Connect
>>> America Cost Model (A-CAM) program, with the goal of achieving widespread
>>> deployment of faster 100/20 Mbps broadband service throughout the rural
>>> areas served by rural carriers currently receiving A-CAM support.
>>>
>>
